Please join us at the Foxglove in Islington for the queer polyamorous social!
Find a community of queer polyamorous people to make new friends
The social is run by Elle (she/they), Trish (she/they), Sonia (she/they), Nix (they/them), Lou (they/he), Willow (they/them), Temi (she/they).
Important information: The chat and the events are only for people who are queer and polyamorous (or questioning whether they are).
Please do not use the social for cruising and unicorn-hunting!
Queer polyamory social doesn't want any discrimination such as racism, transphobia, homphobia, ableism, antisemitism, islamophobia, fatphobia, and whorephobia at their events.
We ask people to book a free ticket so we know how many people to expect. Although there will be hosts, organisers do not facilitate the social (e.g., there are no icebreakers etc.).
There is a whatsapp online community associated with the social. If you want to be added to it, you either have to attend the social in person and ask one of the organisers to add you or you have to be vouched for by a person already in the group.
Please introduce yourself with your name and pronouns.
Disclaimer: Complaints about the event need to be directed to the community organisers at the event in person, or by texting the organisers on Whatsapp. We are just a bunch of people in a pub who made a private booking once a month, and invite the queer and polyamorous community along to our friends gathering in the pub, i.e. we are not a public space like an organisation or a club. As such, we will not be able to accommodate everyone's needs (e.g., change event timings, volume of the pub, location), although we will do our best to make people comfortable.
Very important: Since we are a private booking, we reserve the right of admission to the social. There is no entitlement to attend the event if the organisers do not want you there (for whatever reason), even if you are queer and polyamorous. This means that we might not let you join our gathering, or we might ask you to leave our gathering without giving reasons or entering a discussion about the issue. If you do not have a ticket, we might refuse entry. Ticket sales are just for us to keep count of how many people to expect, and having a ticket alone does not give you the right to attend the event.
We only use this page for people to register and do not monitor the inbox.
Access information
- The social involves unstructured and unfacilitated talking to queer and polyamorous people. Should you be anxious to socialise, at least one host will be present to help include you in the group, so simply chat to us if we should help you break the ice. We the hosts/organisers also bring books, games, stim toys, and other stuff for neurodivergent people to have something to do other than talking, if that's hard. Also: Neurodivergent people who gel better with other neurodivergent people - there are plenty of us :)
- There's an access ramp leading up to the door but no accessible toilet unfortunately. No stairs within the venue though and staff are always happy to help if anyone has any additional needs.
- The Foxglove has two sets of toilets, the one with urinals is typically considered the men's but at the Foxglove they firmly believe anyone should be able to use whatever toilet they're most comfortable with. The "ladies'" has gender neutral signage as well as traditional signage, both sets of loos have rainbow flags on the doors.
- Volume levels almost entirely depend on how busy they are, they don't play loud music and have a (generally) quieter outside area. (Bring earplugs if you have them/might want them for noise in case you're sensitive)
- Some socials include activities (such as doodling) for which accessibility information will be announced separately. These activities will always be in additional to socialising so if you cannot (or do not want to) participate in those activities for some reason, there is always something else to do
- For accessibility needs and feedback on what we could do to become more accessible, please contact the hosts on their instagram page @queerpolyamorysociallondon
For allies: You can familiarise yourself with ways to be a better ally to disabled queer people here: https://www.stonewall.org.uk/about-us/news/8-ways-be-better-ally-lgbt-disabled-people